!A dvertsin g- Bates.
The laryeand rel able etrenlatfea M tkOA
iiu Fiinta eonmeoe'i It te the hnnkW
iu
tied
PESSA.
vuiuiuining oi wmuen vaoee laven wiu wm
. i'm i.aa
linen, monUie..... ....... ...... .- . U
1 lach, aoatki .....'... .
1 I neb . 1 year.... ...... ......... LN
l lDCbttf f Booths . ..
i ae' ,.,"vr --
tncbee. i monlin I.
laebea. year....... TA.I.
. ' 'J .... ....... ... . iint.nui
Weoloma, month . la.-
S column.' munUu MJI
X eolumo. 1 year . as.ea
1 Colo mo, mooUil . MM
1 eoluma, 1 year Te.sa
J;
.. l5iw
f !
. wi;!in i) ux.utns mi .
ut.-1'le uf tfce c oatj
Boalneei Items, Bret Insertion. 10c.
r mil te cna-eu iu
ar Oaa
v-vwmvu luvruoni, ec. per O Be
Administrator'! u4 llxecvtor'a Neeeoee.
,. ,, stove term
i tie-
nauiwi inoueea , f
Stray end ilmilmr NoUeea tee
W-Keeotntiona or proceiielage aay neniera
tlon or eoelet; and comeiDBlceXloBi lel(sr4 (
ceUI atteotion to aoy maUer at llailted r la!.
,1 la''e
as. C. HASSON, Editor ana Propiiotor.
"HB 18 A rUSZHAH WHOM TBB TRBTH MA KM FRKB AHD ALL ABB BLATKfl BK8TDB."
81.60 and postage per ear1n advance.
EBENSBTJRG, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1896.
NUMBER 45.
""' iBiereet mill ie paid lor at adTereUateata.
Book and Job Printing ot all klade aula- i
exeatoasiy exeratod at the ioweet prteea. AM
don'tjoa torget It.
r,r' stop 11. ir stop att I T A I IV
ll r . -
it iss$t
wTrSr
ii i ii ii i r 4 ii i ii i
WWW
WW
TRAINING IN CLEANLINESS IS A
COMPLETE YOUR EDUCATION WITH
iYlaywood"
THIS $75.00 COM
PLETE BICYCLE
COUPON.
lie nCs'-nicli-ie
-.1 n r r
A
'.GHST W W,TH
lFi !i 3t, 1.S11 Oct. 3.
PATENT- r is-.U .Ian 1. 1S!5
nrrM"
-I.. ; r-
rfc;-..!. A
or r3 '' r: !
.Tan. 81. 189
Oilier I'fintinfi,
r fin- it!tt rt tm-ti' le ever nmrie. Adapted for. all kindi of
. ! iti rirU t:iat ik M!til, to'rh mul wiry; sltaiile.in coustrnction.
, .- -. . f ii z: lyi" low I'.-.rt; is of soch wirv conKtrui tion that it parts
, : -,iri iriif : ni liollow tnbii::! tn trnnii in at ca-tv contact: a frame
. . . t :..,t i: iiiiutiiia ir?s ecrA-..- a its ccmiiprtini: partti; a one
' !.ti;-: :ilay3 ;.-aity tucive ulial.lc auu rarl i transiortatinn.
,.:; ,''.uii..n !. sruara.ittol r thr.-r )rr. Made of -inch colif
; - an! I rmiir t-sr met:-l for it rcitht knowni; jnincrl tuut-tiier with
so Ii : hi inner that it is i:niK!.il.!o to t.renk or any part wtirk .
:-v y :in t ilur :!iility: Hit- trer.to-t comuination of inucnuity
,. -.r ;. t.- Iui!:"l "- inime withou Jirnzer jfint! iut tnlcnir, as you know
i ; .r:.i:i ! at "razen joint?. ii:litw when they arc buckled
V, il t.;;j inch: wr.rrantvil vovl riins. piano -ire laucrnt spoken
:t- ..-r,r- tv rr. 1 pattern. TIKES "Arl:Tiirtou" Hooepipe or Jlor
:;. ; A':. t sntii.- otiu-r lirst-i-Ijas jorr malic tiic. lSKAKINt.S Ball
::) :: ' ' ' rr?n!: a-tk. :criau beaii ni pedals. CI'I'S AMI
. v-:vr. inliy te.-.,p'r.l biid liar.lcnc.l. ('HA I NS- HiL'h trra;le
r .'. i i-:::i.T.t. CK VSK Or.r cel.-lirr.tcil om-pipre crank, fully pro-,-
. ii f. A I'll Stsort"st. lacivs: 'orioo. J7 iiiclus. (iKAK
UK lit i --'rnrtibl: fork crown njad-f rum un-i-;irrtl wtcei. IIAN'IH.K
ii : ' t-si!v aiijst.el to mv pfisit ion iltsiri!: ram's horn lur-
mh.K P. .v v.. tii'.Mam. or some ot: r nrxt-cliuss make. JKIAIJ-
::! l.il! '..virinc. FINISH haamelcd in Mack, with all rniirht parts
fi-.-vt ! i-on:p:a- un iooi r:z. pnrnp. wrer.cn atut oiler. Aei(jbc.. ac-
A tadpole sat on a ccol. Bray stone.
And sadly thought of his life;
"Alas, must J live all alone!" said he,
"Or shall 1 espouse me a wife?"
A wise old frojr on the brink of the stream,
IonnHi ovrr and said, with a sinh:
"OH, wail till you're older, my d-ar young
f i ir-nd.
You'll have letter taste ly and by!
"Girl ctiar.KC, you know, and the polly
wo slim.
That takes your fanoy to-lay.
May not be the polly at all you'd choose.
When the summer has passxl away!"
-;vi.i!i-. etc.. J7 to 3" pound-.
res. 1 i'4
arippriil Vhileale I'rice. Never beforr sold
T-i":icSlv riT'j :u- the "Mifivuo l' Ilii-vcie. we
l':Vi :u;k'- a mvi:i1 coupon offer, civinir every
In t'a:.T a hatut to c-t a tirst-clai-s wheel at the
.,,(..;:.: :. tn r-eeipt of " cxiffn
. :n r. in im" aiiove liicA'cle. t-csnrcly rraird.
-vssi- !. -Iivvrv. Monev -efntiised if not as
-i i'' -r arrivil aril. examination. Wc wil ship
ra jirivil -i.-'- "t t x.ruination. for fJF Hi and -ouioii
i-'. , i-r.x ;ta order as a iruarantc of coi-.i VMh.
'i ka.iKj warranty with each Kicvle. Thu is a
li( :mir 1 v u i-.mnot ailor i to let the eppor-
iiJr-'- all orders to
CASH BUYERS' UNION.
D Writ Van Buren Street. Bx?eo6. CHICAGO ILL.
4-
h Coupon tl3. 2CGG
t" sood row J
i $52 !
-5-
A W SET WITH JL.
J. ORDER FOR 4.
No. 5 Alaywcod
...Bicycle...
mi KMKESS FG. GO.
ir't?T tiirr.t-.-i.
f T-a
'.!ve oiil t cnHiimera I'or ft X yenr.
. ..... i:cia trie tieultr's proltt. We are the
.Uiv-.t kuiI l.arttHl lrrrinutrtf-tiTrers in Amcr
z "t,tiii-lt-a anfj lmrne.'s tin wav- lup
: 1 ;'r.vilfti T'j o.vaaiinft before anv money i
I !. " ;.::y irenrht t.th way if not tMnc
-. -. .'.-. Tuiit tnri year". Why pay an n'entrli)
r ,; 1 1 'r.l r f. r y.u? Write your own order,
i AVo lake all risk of Cuwai;e in
WHOLESALE PRICES.
?;:r:r:3 VrVnoris, S3I to S50. ;uarant"et
:r aM'iur;ot.f.. Surreys, S65 toSlOO
a s.11 f..r :x) to (i.ii. Top Buggies,
Z7. SO, a-- line art for r65. Ph(Btonst66
t- c ir'A. Farm Wagons, Wagonettes,
Vi!k Woi;on3,Delivery WaRons'i Road
Carts, iiirvi Li-s lull ie.i, ont a ihilih;k..
n.
0 totUU
t- ;
;i &r ERMOTOR
. y ConPANr.
fir r&ia.-; s.n Fn
. J.; . r-h.
I Z;'"':' I It
""''" ,31. 7y"-l m iicy.
-jL
No. 7S1, Snrrey.
$26
No. 777, lload WaKon.
$55
No. 1, t-avrm Fara
kiviu MiLl and litis. Elkhart iJicyoip.28.n.wheelB.
rxf-crit oT T.r rjih tUH order. K-ni1 4. la pnfinmtiC ttrpn. Irties
to pa pft)Mrf or 1 12-pavce catiilojf uft. tu:ioff, dr' ;i foriTiii'a.
a-W. C.PRAT7. Sec'y, ELKHART. fMD
teW.
(ever
prices.
or
p!IT DfJinCC by thoonly concern that c
WW I rniULO voIunUrily reduced pri
in recent times originated a new idea in Windmill and
V.'nter Supply Goods. Everything tile farmer sells is low.
r no geiis iow xo nim r we nave repeatedly refused to
and have therefore defeated windmill combination, and have.
since So. reducsed the cost of wind tower to 1 what it wan.
Through gratitude, and because we are nrice makers, and are
⁢si kj aeai wiin, ana necause we are tne sole originators 1
oi an im is pooa in uie modern steel winnmill and
tower, THE WORLD HAS GIVEN OS MORE THAN i
Ull IS IT u ujiunull I DIIQIUCCQ VVA h. i.v.
ITJ low nrices. h 1 1' h ptmm ami 1 ir.' u m Wa mli. c li rr
nana WHO lnn:l nnarr etmb. ntimnc r,h hM, unmlacl
. -J I - - I 1 ' " 1
Drass tTibe cylinders, lower than iron ones a 2 x 16 inch at
c. we prepay IrciRtit to 20 branch nouses, bend now I
eautirully illustrated catalogue of up-to-date ideas, a:
lis appears but once. Our imitators may not have in
our laiesi pians. fNo one Knows tne
mm, i-urr.p or JTice until tie Knows ours.
' for ,
best
ft -ytl ft
."J if.as'niif St.. Philada.. Pa.
! -1 run.? frc rt
- ia-A lust ruction ia
Short-hand.
Trpe-nntmg,
Cirrepiinjcnce.
Practical Grammar.
'-k Cm-.unit7s. tr,
m i-htninine corwi
'. rnv w it It tir ii.h
Law.
" tti!LtAn
THTi..
r -TWr tiwrw must.
ry
won"
FOR ARTISTIC
JOB ?nm
urn
TRY THE FREEMAN.
'P i- oiiuumiytit iiivfrvuiu-''.u"f-sn,
.Ta:ej.lice. DysrT
.'iipion. Mala.L Xiorn 1113
P11' heal t h y I J ver than any
j y. ''7 stifTer tvhen yon caa
u S lTlforfi's Liver Invigor-
Vr'-'i family Tnlic1n.
J-.fllf 11 t, j,ri,n. v YOf.
ACCIDENTS OF LIFE
Write to T. S. Qcimcet,
Drawet 1.j6, Chicago, Secre
tary of the Star AccioenI
t.npAjiY, for information
rnaidinfr Ac(ident Insur
ance. Mention this paper.
'y so doing you can save
Has paid over tiM) OoU.OO for
I Be
n
ftur own Agent.
KXAMLN
ATIOX REQUIRED
JED AXLE
.fCH GREASE
' 1 Al TUP .
fefWSL4 ""mrpassed, actually
' Wfr?.''"'""" brand. Not
S.
Tint
the tadpole rash thoujrht he better
know,
Anl married a polly wor fair:
Anil before the summer was over he sat
On the brink of that stream In despair.
For, would you believe It? His fair, younit
bride
Proved to be but a stupid froe-.
With never a trace of Iwauty and grace
Of younq Miss l'ollywog.
And although the tadiole himself har.
grown
Stout and stupid, too!
lie only saw the faults of his wife.
As others sometimes do.
To all ycunrr tadpoles, my moral is this:
liiTore S'ou settle in life.
He siLre you know, without env doubt.
What you want In the way of a wife!
Mary H. Olmstead, In Uolden Days
ZEN'S IET SALMON.
TIY VIKtilL ti. KATON.
S3 I ?W,i in
A pamphle of informstMn and ah-
tWitjiin I"aicnt
MarlLfl.
Add
Ci'pirieiits, arwi 7r.jj
. ....... .. y-. v..
KUNN & CO
ricjs 3tl ltronlway,
'S New Verb.
FRAZER AXLE
" GREASE
Best In the Vorid f
Set the 6enulna !
Sold Eienrwhpre
M H Kt
(in a u
0
WANTED BY
SAM'L WELLS & CO..
67 VINE ST., CINCINNATI, o.
I JRGEST EXPORTERS OF CIKSENG III THE 0. t
fl BESTS
HKk . SAI
Mrtf Hit t
A nx
IJiitlirrford, n. ilomsticated anl ve.ry
int llifrrnt wilmon Wliuiinp to Z!
Atkins, of Hot Hole Mountain. Me.,
is U:ul. Tlie immetliato oa use of
his taking off was oil re, tlioupii
much liHixlliiip- anil lonp journeys
overland to the IVad Kiver fish
hatclu-ry no douht shortened his days
Xi l"s likinfr for Rutherford was of an
uncommon kind, even in these Uiys oi
-rr:itie and erotic affections. The ten
tier and pink steaks, w hicli make most
salmon precious as well as palatahle,
vi i never token into t he aeeimnt when
.ti iiKida- an inventory of Huthorfiird's
assets. A fish that could keep a larcre
spring of water free from frops and in
scets for 2) years jnd earn in the same
time $52.0ri in eokl cash was Bonu-thiiitr
uncommon, even in Mnine, where t!i
i,;itni,il and supernatural walk hand in
liand. It was obvious to everybody who
knew the eireunvstanees that Zeb prizeil
Rutherford as a nmuey winneraml eon
fidentkil eomiauion, and liked him so
well that no epicurean thouplit cro-se!
his mind. In a cose of live salmoi: and
rcp-ular income nirainst boileil salmon
:t T: I grei'n eas Zeli spoused tiur 1111-ponulai-
siile, and Rutherford survived
two d.'Tides.
Zeb is n farmvr, who follows fish! up
for till avocation, preferring the j.'ys of
the p-entle art to tinythinp he can find
ron ml t v Imfcrs" ln-neli at the poeery.
I .ate in May, 1S7(". when his neiphbors
were savinp (heir dolktrs to po to Phil
adelphia, he tKk his dip ii"t timl went
tloAvn toward the 1 oy, hoptnp to exit eh
:i few smelts. The sei-ond sweep of the
i t-t bro.tpht him in a pildid and ver-r.:i'lion-s-,ttcd
salmon that wt ipfu d
iciiiid-j. Ity soak in? his net on cisional
lv in fresh water he pot the fish home
alive. JTe put it into the preat boilinp
sprinp back of the. house. In a few
weeks it had devoured all the swimming
ar.d creepinp thinps that made thei
home in th- sprirp. antl bcp.tn to hvd
tfi Zcb f - r sustenance. Hy enrrv'iipoi'
t.hopf.ed r.tent antl scraps from th tjibh
whenever he went after a pail of water.
Zeb soon tamed the fish .s.a it would
come and take the food from his hands.
When the republican national conven
tion met and nom'nated flov. ITnyt s for
prtv-ident. Zi'b n-med hrs fish I'lither
ford in honor of the winninpe:in1idate.
Aft'-r thnt the palnion was rrpvirdrd as
a memlK-r of the family ond no I :iper
w- trcntio'-ed ns "it."
The pinch of l-.aid times, which was
fr!; a M over Main? in 1S7(3, fell upon
ZeH with the rest. One day when he
v. as fet llnp unusually poor a nc:phbor
rs-:fd him why he did not sell Ruther
ford to the fish hat -hery. Zeb eotild
?'t'i ndure the thonphtof jnrtin? with
bis ,"sh. Then he rees-ived a letter from
a lawyer ask i up for iiemi diate payment
on n sit a! I b-ll that wa lonp oterdne.
That n!.'!!! Rutherford was take-; in a
lub t" the hatchery and Zeb went home
with ?."J.!if in his pocket. He was very
-fd all thronph hajinp. In Aupnst.
hen his prass was in the barn, he went
fitter lx-rries. In his travels he came to
the print pond where the hatchery fish
are confined. lie was pickinp lwrries
ar.d whistlinp an old tune when lie
heard a splash in the water. This was
followed by another and another, until
a preat. shininp salmon dashed airainst
the ImwH ripht nt his feet. Zeb knew
at once that it was Rutherford. He fed
h:s pet with a few berries from his
n;il and went home to iwss a bad nipht.
TlKiuph ) foupJit. biavely, the temp
tation was stronp. and the next day
Rut he r ford w as st.len from the pond
and put back in t he sprinp.
Fortune was kindto Z"b for three
vears, but in 1ST!) a fever broke out in
bis family that tok his last cent and
left him in debt- In his nt raits he apain
t-Kk Rutherford to the. hatchery and
offered him for sale. Mr. Ttuck looked
l he fish ocr, and, turninp up t lie back
of its dorsal fin. showed a tiDV bronze
tap which was attaelutl to Rutherford's
lack with a plat inuin wire.
"This fi-sh has been here ln-fore," rvaid
Mr. Ruck. "There is my tap. No. 2?..
Wait a minute wlule. I kwk up this
record."
Zeb's knees knocked topf.her with
fear while. Mr. Ruck went to a book and
read t hat Xo. i2:i had Wen jiu re based on
.Inly 21, is7rt. and that, lie weipnen is
(iinds at that time. Zeb manaped to
ask him if the name of the pcllt r was on
this liook. and w hen Mr. Ruck said such
records were unneee--sary Ids heart
tnrmil somersaults of p"dness insklo
of his ribs. Rutherford hn.d pained con
siderably in the time, and now wciphed
13 -ounds. Zeb pot $.f. fir the fish,
live weipht. ar.il reeeiveI one dollar
extra as lounty on the tap, and went,
home ferlinp uneoromonly well.
"If von ever catch him apain," said
Mr. I'.uck, "and the tap is s t il on him,
brinp hir.i here ar.d I'll pive you the
hiphTst market price and another dol
lar in bounty." " -
The iKiilinp sprinp above the.Larn
wa-s emptv until December. IJy this
time Zcb'nnd his w ife pn w so done
some that he made another unlawful
journev to the hatchery pond. For
two vears Rutherford was undisturlied.
Ir. June, 11, Zeb felt the need of new
hayinp tools so keenly that Mr. Ruck
iKinpht Rutherford apain. He weiphed
2ii jiounds, which, at 25 cents ti jiound.
yielded five dollars, and the bounty
swelled the sum to an even six dollars.
After this Rutherford was taken and
sold buck every year or two thouph
Zeb never received so much for him at
anv one time as he did in 1SS1. Price
varied accordinp to the season and the
plentif ulness of salmon, but averaped
alumt 2( cents a HVund, takir.p one year
with another. Thouph Rutherford was
fed well, Zeb knew that his fish was
shrinkinp in weipht every year, lle-
tween 1SS1 and ISyu he had pone dow n
from 20 to 12 pounds, despite the best
of care. He was not sick or melancholy
nt anv time, but the fountains of life
were slowly wastinp away under the
combined influence of much niovinp
and old ape.
Jlurinpthe financial anic of lS03Zeb
felt considerably eneouraped. Jn 1S1I2
he hiwd sold Rut lier ford, who weiphed
ten jiounds. for 15 cents a iiound. re
eeivinp with the liounty $2.5(1. A year
later he took Rutherford to Mr. Ruck
and pot ?2.SO for him. Rutherford's
weipht had not chanped an otituf, but
the price of salmon had pone up three
cents on the pound. This pave Zeb
preat Iiojh-s for the future. Fish were
l-.np livetl, and it was possible that
Rutherford haviup reached the turninp
jioint, would now fat. up and earn mon
money. He was doomed to bitt-r dis
apHiiiitiiierkts for when he sohl him in
1U4 the s-ales could not be induced to
tip beyond the nine-pound notch.
Tempt inp foods were broupht to him
durinp the w inter of 1804-115, and fjir
month or more he seemel to rally, ITut
with the advent of warm weather cami
a relajise that reduced his weipht to
t-ipht pounds, when Mr. Ruck boupht
him for the lnth time.
Zeb allowed Rutherford to remain in
the jKiid until the day previous to turn
nip all the old fish loose into the net.
lcfore he took him home in t he autumn
of 1n!.'5, Impinp that the chanpe would
cheer him up and prolonp his days. For
awhile he seemed lwtter, althouph his
apetite was pone and dainty fropt
broitpht from other sprinps at the
mountain's lose disjortHl themselves
aliout him daily, apiwrently knowinp
that Rutln-rford could do them no harm.
Durinp the cold of winter he stirred
aliotit very little. Selectinp a sjiot
a-, here the water constantly bubbled up.
he lay in a shower of polden mica scales,
seeminply oblivious toeverythinp. To
ward summer, when the early mosqui
toes laid their lioat loads of fresh pps.
he fed sparinply Uoii the tender wip
plers and then moved away to the
sIkmIcs of an overhanp:np elm root, as if
the sunlipht made him weary. For i
Month he remained here, refusinp t
come when Zeb called him and takinp
no heed of the 1 hrobbinp new lifewhieli
June had enpendered. Then came th
end. 1-iirly in July Zeb went to live
sprinp to pet water for his morninp
coffee, and saw Rutherford floatinpon
top tf the water. Zeb picked him in
carefully and found he had been dead
.several liours.
Zeb put the liody on the scales for the
last time, and iliscovered that Ruther
ford had shrunk away to less than threi
pounds. Then he wrapped him in a
cloth arid buried him in the pardci.
uinonp the sweet jieas. Ixiter, with thf
aid of chalk and shinple, h added ti
Rutherford's earninps, and learned that
by selhnp luni 11 times to the same
man he had obtained $52.(Hi, which is
probably a larper amount t lian ever w ax
paid for any other salmon. llanpor
News.
SARATOGA THfcATRICALS.
A LOVER'S JEALOUSY.
GIHLS WORK IN A MINE.
A RepreheunihlA Introduction of Korelgn
('tmtotnH on Arurrlran Soil.
Four iithletie younp pirks find daily
employment at a small coal mine in the
Mahoninp valley, several miles from
Shamokin, says the Atlanta Constitu
tion. The colliery is owned and o;
erated by Joseph Mans, a hard-work-ilip
(Jerman, who says he has simply in
troduced the custom of his fatherland in
havinp his four daughters assist him in
preparing the find for market.
The pirls are six-footers, pood look
inp a:id well formed, each tipping the
scales at about 2Ml pounds. Kate, aped
2( years, has charge of the. breakers;
Annie, aped lf, runs its mine pumps
anil breaker enpinea like a veteran en
pineer; Lizzie, aped IS. drives a mule
attached to a irin for the piirose of
hoisting the coal from the slope, and
Marv. arred 19. sees that the slate is
picked from the coal by her little broth
ers, whom F.he helps in the work.
The cirls wear short skirts, not
bloomers, as mipht lie supposed.
Mans formerly worked in the mines
at Shamokin, but durinp the last 12
years, with the assistance of his wife,
who runs the farm, and their da uphters
at the mine, he has managed to buy this
coal mine and a large amount of timber
land besides.
A Performance of Kst Lynac" by Col
ored Ac-tore.
There are not mary public entertain
ments in Saratoga, xc-ept such as the
hotels supply; but there was a series of
Salvation Army meetings, and there
was at least one theatrical performance
a erformanee of "Fast Lynne" en
tirely by people of color. Tne senti
ments and incidents of the heart
breaking melodrama, as the colored
mind interpreted them, were of very
curious effect. It was as if the version
were dyed with the same pigment that
darkened the players skins; it all came
out negro. Yet they had tried to make
it white; I could jierceive how they
aimed not at the imitation of our na
ture, but at the imitation of our con
tention; it was lik.e the play of children
in that. I should have said that not li
mp could lie more false than the mo
tives and emotions of the drama as the
author imagined them, but I had to
own that their rendition by these sin
cere souls was yet more artific:al.
There was nothing traditional, noth
inp archaic, nothing nutochthonie in
their oor art. If the scene could at
any moment have resolved itself into a
walk-round with an interscrsion of
"spirituals" it would have hail the
charm of these; it would have con
sole.! and edified; but as it was I have
seldom leen so liored.
I Ix-pan to make some sad reflections,
as that. our American society, in its en
deavor for the effect of Kuropean so
ciety, was of no truer ideal than these
colored comedians, and I accused my
self of a final absurdity in having come
there with these young jieople, who,
accordinp to our good native usage,
could have come perfectly well w it hunt
me. At the end of the first act 1 broke
into their talk with my conclusion that
we must not count the histrionic talent
among the gifts of the African tace
just yet. We could concede them
music, I supKsed, and there seemed to
le hope for them, from what some of
them had done, in the region of the
plastic arts; but apparently the stage
was not for them, and this was all the
stranger Iiecause they were so imita
tive. Perhaps, I said, it was an excess
of self-consciousness which prevented
their giving themselves wholly to the
art.
I pave myself to the study of the
tyies aliout me, and I dwelt lonp and
luxuriously upon the vision of a florid
and massive matron in diaphanous
eveninp dress, whom I imagined to be
revisiting the plimjises of her girl
hood in the ancient watering-place, and
to lie getting all the gayety she could
out of it. These are tlie figures one
mostly sees at Saratopa; there is very
little youth of the present- day there,
but the youth of the past aliounds, with
the lielateel yellow hair or the purple
mustaches, which pive. a notion of
greater w ickedness in a former penera
t ion
I made my observation that the dress,
even in ext reme eases of elderly prime,
was very good in the ease of the wom
en, I mean; the men there, as cvery-
w herewith us, were mostly slovens; and
I was glad to find that the pood fast.
and the correct fashion were without
a color-line; there were some mulatto
ladies present as stylish as their white
sisters, or step-s,isters.
The most amiable of the human race
is in great force at Saratoga, where
the vast hotel service is wholly in its
hands, and it had honored the effort of
the comedians that night with a full
house of their own complexion. We
who were not of it showed strangely
enough in the dark mass, who let us
lead the applause, however, as if doubt
ful themselves where it ought to come
in. and whom I found willinp even to
share some misplaced laughter of
mine. They formed two-thirds of the
audience on the floor, and they were a
cloud in the gallery, scarcely broken by
a gleam of white. V. I). Howells, in
Century.
THE DIVINE NAME.
FOR YOUR HEALTH.
There is no better aid to digestion, in
certain instances, than the cooked apple.
.V few crackers, or a slice of bread
and butter eaten with a glass of milk
or water, just liefture retiring, are rec
ommended is a cure for sleeplessness.
That flowers ore generally beneficial
in a sickroom, instead of harmful, as
formerly supposed, is fully established
according to many physicians.
A man who has tried it says tlmt two
or three dandelion leaves, chewed be
fore going to lied, will always induce
sleep, no mat fcr how nervous or worried
a man. may lx".
A new cure for insomnia has lieen dis
covered by a French physician. It is
simply to raise your feet higher tlmn
your head to have the pillows, not. un
der vonr head, but under vonr feet.
Heats Mr. I'artineton.
This" old lady can give Mrs. Parting
ton point? on the use of English. She
walked into the office of the judge of
probate and asked: "Are you the judpi
of reprobates?" "I am the judge of
probate." was th? reply. "Well, that'i
it, I expect." quoth the old lady. "You
see, my husliand died detested and left
n-e several little ir.fidels, and I want to
be appointed their executioner!"
JTiir. first alcoholic nerfume was
Hungary water, made from rosemary
by i:jiilK-th of Hungary. 1370, she bav
in? procured the recipe from a Ilun-
mrian hermit. This perfume lieeanie
Mpuiar throughout all Europe in that
and the succeeding century.
The Inerrable Word That Ia Never Spoken
by Many Israelite.
Rev. D.-. Wise, president of the He
brew I'nion college at Cincinnati, has
given his view of the ancient Jewish
rendering of the name of the Ieity, re
Krts the New York Sun. He says that
the term "Jehovah," the ineilable tetra
grauiniaton. is never pronounced by
many Israelites. They use the word
"Ailonoi," which signifies "the I.ord."
The translators of the Hible followed
this riislmu, rendering the word "Je
hovah" as "Ixird." In ancient times
the Pharisees replaced the tet rap ram
ma ton by Shem; they used "Sliemo,"
which is also Riblical, as the sacred
name, and this name is yet retained, to
sonu extent, among the Jews, lint it
would apiear from passages in the
Psalms that Adonoi. or Ixrd. for Je
hovah was more ancient even than the
times of the Pharisees. It thus occurs
eight times in Psalm lxxxiv. It also ap-s-ars
in the hook of Exodus where "Je
hovah" .had lieen used in the original
Hebrew. This sulistitution would
seem to be older than any other, and it
is yet common among all Jews.
Dr. Wise says he has found that the
ancient translations testify in favor of
"Adonoi."
Looking at the English translation
of the Old Testament it will be found
that the name Jehovah appears in the
books of Genesis, Exodus. Judges, the
Psalms ami Isaiah. It is not in the New
Testament. Moaae Hereaforel Stortea.
A laborer once wrote to Lord Charles
IJeresford saying that his wife had just
had twins a boy and a girl and he
wanted to call one "Lord Charles Itoresr
ford llrown" and the other "Princess of
Wales Brown." Lord Charles gave his
permission, and obtained that of th:.
princess. Four months later the man
wrote again: "I am happy to inform
you that 'Lord Charles Reresford
llrown' is well and strong, but that
'Princess of Wales Brown died this
morning." Lord Charles is 'a man of
few- words, and those very much to the
- point. Speaking in the house of com
mons one day, in reference to the Arab
siave leaders, he said, with great em
phasis: "Mr. Rpeater, we ought to
catch these men. give 'em a fair trial,
and then hang 'em." Unconventional
Lord Charles has always been. Receiv
ing an invitation to dinner at Marl
Itorongh house one evening, he replied
by wire: "Sorry can't come. Lie fol
lows by post." Strand Magazine.
"Robert," said Mr. Vyse. slow'y, gaz
ing fixeelly at the young clerk, "1 have
no doubt that it is you who have rolt4ed
me."
The liot blood flooded Roliert Acland's
neck and fa-e as he took in the meaning
of the words.
"I swear to you. sir," he cried, pas
sionately, "that you wrong me I swear
it by my soul!"
"I wish I could lielieve you, Roliert."
Mr. Vyse replied, "for I like you; but.
unfortunately, appearances aie too
much against you. What, may I a-k.
were you doinp at five o'clock yesterday
evening in my private room? You had
no right or business to lie there."
Nor was I." returned the young fel
low, proudly, drawing himself up to his
full height. "I have never l-en in this
rtKim in my life except w hen you have
sent me. Has anyone told you that I
was here last evening, sir?"
"Yes, Roliert; your comrade, Richard
Starkie. assured me of it not ten min
utes apo."
"Richard Starkie!" exx-lainied Acland.
in preat wonderment. "Why, he mut
lie mad. What can have jossescl him
to t'll so wicked a falsehood? We have
always ln-en pood friends, he and I.
Why should he thus try to ruin me?"
The words, the tone, were those or
an innocent man. Xlr. Yvse ltcpan to
waver in his opinion as to Acland-, guil.
"Roliert," he said, more kindly, "will
you swear to me liefore t,od that you
are innocent?"
Raising aloft -his ripht hand. "I call
the tiod liefore w hose judgment throne
we lioth shall one day stand to witness
that I am guiltless." he declared, s l
emnly. "Surely, sir, you w'.U believe in'
now?"
Mr. Yvse held out his hand. "Yes,
Roliert. I lielieve you," he said, "and
leg your pardon for having doubted
you; but what Starkie's motive in tra
ducinp you has lieen I am at a loss to
understand."
"So am I, sir," answered Acland. "His
conduct is quite reprehensible."
"Well, Robert," wound up the old
gentleman, as he dismissed his clerk,
"you must promise- me one- thing that
you will treat Starkie just the same as if
nothing unusual had occurred. Il isinv
wish."
"I will try, sir, but it will lie a hard
task," Acland replied, as he quitted th"
room.
Of course the news that their em
ployer had lieen roblx-d ran like wild
fire through the small community. It
was Richard Starkie' who first marie
public the ill news for no official inti
mation of it was pi ven; but to his fellow-workers
he dare not try to incrim
inate young Acland. for Acland was a
favorite with his colleagues, and Stai
kie knew well that any remark sug
gestive of his guilt would lx received in
stony silene-e the silence of sheer dis
belief. That evening Rob Acland went to see
Elsie Yeiiner, the girl of his hear!.
There was no actual engagement be
tween them, but Elsie understood quhe
well that Rob was only Availing for a
rise of salary In-fore asking her tei In- his
wife. He had intended to tell her not h
ing alieiut what had occurred at th'
office during the day, but the quick-
witteel girl soon saw that something
was amiss, and taxed him with it. And
after a little hesitation on his part and
a little pressing on hers the whole story
came out.
"I cannot think, darling." finished
Itob, "what has induced Starkie to do
it."
"Shall 1 tell you?" said Elsie, demurely.
"You?" i
"Yes. I. I can. you know." And
then she proeecdenl ton late hew Richard
Starkie had a few da s liefore asked her
to marry him. and. on her refusal, flown
into a violent rage, not only heaping
anathemas on her head, but also on
Rob.
"And you lielieve be has attempted to
lay the theft at my thior to blacken my
charaeter in your eyes? What a scoun
drel the fellow must lie!"
"If you had swn the look on his face
when he left me." replied the girl, "you
would think, as I do, that he is caablc
of anything."
Next, day Hob Acland repeated to Mr.
Yvse the ron versa t ion he had held with
Elsie Yenner.
Meanwhile Richard Starkie was in a
very unhappy frame of mind. He bail
just, sufficient manhood left to lie aide
to appreciate the unutterable currish
ness of his own conduct. Rut that did
not tend to make him sorry for what he
had done. No. it rather embittered him
still more against his rival. A mania
for gambling, inherited from his father,
who had liet away a large estate dur
ing his life, dying only just in time to
save himself from actual starvation,
had in the first instance made him short
of money.
In order to retrieve his iosition he liet
still more heavily, and again lost. Ill
lue-k pursued him from day today, till
at last, unable to meet the demands
made iqion him. exposure stared him in
the face; antl exposure, he knew, meant
iiromnt dismissal from Mr. Yyse's
service. In this dilemma he stole tin
cash box. and it was only w hen gloat ing
wer its contents that the idea of sad
dling Acland with the theft occurred
to him. Irresolute in this, as in every
thing else, he wavered some time, lie
fore finally deciding to commit this last
niece of villainy, luit Ins evil genius, as
always, prevailed.
'Tune the fellow!" he ground out
between his clenched teeth. "If only 1
can ruin him! If only I can make Elsie
despise and loathe him! What is he
that he should steal her from me? I'll
aa in her yet in spite of him."
It was Mr. Yyse's custom to go for a
walk, unless the day was very wet, le
iween the hours of 12 ami 1. He usnally
went down the high road straight out of
the town for a mile, returning home
over the fields and through a small plan
tation. A few days after the loss of
the cash lox. be took the accustomed
path. Dot. his favorite dog. half jMiintcr,
half retriever, &cconiKiiiMd him. In
the middle of the plantation Dot sud
denly sniffed the air, then bounded in
among the brushes, and ieiinted.
"Dot! Dot!" called his master. "Here.
got si dog, come liack." But Dot hit!
evidently found something, antl refused
to lie shouted off.
Mr. Vyse made his way to where the
dog was standing. Up sprang a fine
rabbit and dashed away, Dot in hot
pursuit. Rut Mr. Yvse heeded neither
rabbit nor dog. His gaze was riveted
on the place from which the rabbit had
jumpeti. Thus for a moment or two.
he stood, then, with a ecH.ar smile on
his fa-e, he wheeled round and walked
briskly home. Some three days later
Richard Starkie was summoned to bis
chiefs presence. He went, trembling,
fearing be knew not what.
"Starkie." said Mr. Vyse, "you have
lieen in my employ longer than an
other of my cWks, therefore I think i
only right to make you my sokesman
to them. I wish you. then, to tell them
on my liehalf that 1 attribute the dis-apK-aran-e
of my e-ash lw to none of
them, that I am quite convinced of their
innocence."
Richard Starkie paled slightly. Had
his sc heme to ruin young Acland falN-d
miserably after all? It seemd so. P.'i,
he replied, with aparent frankness;
"I am very pleased to hear that Roller
Acland has cleared himself, sir."
"He has done so most completely," re
joined Mr. Yvse. "I have a very high
opinion of Acland. Starkie."
"So hsive I. sir," he returned glibly,
while he inwardly cursed the man to
whom he soke thus laudingly. "It
has caused me great ain to think that
he could jiossibly lie a thief."
"Is it possible that this man is inno
cent after all?" wondered Mr. Vvm.
"1 f not. his hyocrisy is simply astound
ing; but I shall soon know the truth."
And a grim smile passed over his face.
"Just one thitig more," continued Mr.
Yvse. looking straight into his clerk's
eyes, w hich met his own unflinchingly,
"and this is fer your ear alone. Starkk ;
in the theft of my cash liox I liavr sus
tained a far greater hiss than anyone
but myself is aware of. It is a lm of
jieculiar construction in fact, it had a
false 1 nit torn, anil in that false lwttoui.
Starkie, there were notes to the valu-?
of J"7ot) i jlad placed them there on'y
two days liefeire I was rohlied."
"Of course, vou have the numbers,
sir?"
"Why, yes, I have the numbers, Sta.--kie;
but an expert thief antl I imagine
from the coolness and audacity of the
robbery that I have lieen the victim of
one finds no difficulty in changing
stolen pajM-r. He knows where to take
it and obtain a good price."
When Richard Starkie went back
to his colleagues to give them their em
ployer's message, his breast was torn iiy
two motions bafflenl spite and gr-e-l
of further gold.
"I will destroy him yet." he thought
of Itob Acland. "He's escawd me for
awhile, but it shall not lie for lonp.
Elsie Yenner shall never lie his w ife. I
am a pood plotter, friend Rab. and
thouph you wriggle out of my hands a
hundred times, 1 will have you the hun
dred and first.
"Poor old buffer" his mind r
vertinp to the man whose presence he
had just left "you little guessed that
in making a confidant of me you were
telling the thief how to further enrich
himself. Well. 5(o quids will come in
very handy just now and 1 supjiose the
commission would not lie more thau
2iM. Markbv's pettinp very restive
for his money, and I could pay him and
still have a nice little balance in hand.
You're in luck? way, Dick, my lioy; for
tune favors vou."
If to lie standing In the dark on the
brink of a lweciiiice without knowinc
t is to lie in luck's way. then Richard
Starkie was, indeed, in that enviable o-sition.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The money deixircted in the corner
stone of a new church at Ijoraton, t)nt
excited the. cupidity of some mean
thie-ves, and they Mole it.
Jacksonville, for the first time ia
its experience, haa a saloon in which a. -regular
nw-aJ is served as free lunch
from 11 o'clock until one daily.
Near IV-lt, Mont- a rancher w ho waa
drivintr a load of oles to his ranch u
struck by lightning and killed. Ilia
wagon and three horse were burned up.
Not one marriage, license for white
persons has lieen iiesoed since June in
I -on county, Florkia. the county of the
state capital, but 2u pairs of colored
jieople. have lieen united.
An Abiletie, Kaiu, jury found a
woman guilty on a charge of having
driven lier stepson and her husband
fr m tlieir lionte. and she wa filled ten
dollars and costs, which the husband
rtid.
States rights stood two young peo
ple, cousirrs, of I -a. Belle. Mo., in good
stead, enabling them to marry over at
Keokuk, Ia although the marriage of
cousins is forbidden by the laws of Mis
sou ri.
Three crops of peaches have grown
this reason on a tree belonging to T.
D. Cotton, of tiret-iifield, Ind. The fruit
of tlie second crop wa of the same sire
as the first, but t he eel were only half
us larpe. The third crop is now on the
tree.
Ojvium persistently makes its war
into the city prnxm of Oakland. Cai
atid all the effort of tlie authorities
have failed to prevent the "fiends"
among the inmates from getting it.
Four cakes of manufactured ice
averaging more than S.tmo pounds earh
were taken from tlie vats of an Orange,
lfs, company. One weighed 9.00(1
tiounds and measured 16 feet by 9 and
was 14 inches thick.
Although a dread for water is in
stinctive in eats, a lady living- near the
Thames has a, cat which frequently
swims arn--s the river to a spot which
irs infested with rats. Pussy always
swims very- low in the water, with tail
erect, and shakes herself like a dog on
coming ashore.
Ilemling down amid the bramble and
brush wihmI which forme, 1 the under
growth of a small plantation, groping
among the briers ami prases. Richard
Starkie was searchinp for the cash 1ki:.
"1 know I flunp it somewhere he-re."
he muttered, fiercely. "Where can the
thing lie? Ah!" and his hand at last
aliphted on some metal, "here, you are !
I was just, lieginning to think that jad
ish Fortune had served me a scurvy
trick. Well," clasping the lmx to his
Ikisoiii. "you've lieen a pxxl friend ti
me. and I'll treat you as lightly as ks
sible. Come, let's awav merciful pow
ers! What's that r
Four stalwart arms had seized hir.s
from In-hind and were holding him with
a vise-like grip; and. liefore he kue-.v
what was really taking place, he felt
the cold ste-l on his wrists and realized
that he was a prisoner a detected thief
who had blindly fallen into a skillfully
laid trap.
The arrest of Richard Starkie had not
lieconie generally known when Mr.
Vyse called together his clerks on th"
following morning, and commnn!catd
to them the startling newstJiat his con
fidential srvant was in jail. Great was
Ihe wonderment manifested.
"Anl I wish to say. gentlemen." h
wound up, "thnt in consideration of his
ast serv ices; to me. I should not have
prosecuted Starkie had he not endeav
ored by every means in his ower. from
motives of jxr5onal spite, to fix the
theft on one of you rselves."
Who that one was soon lecame pul
lic property, as also the motive jiower of
Starkie's animosity.
At the ensuing assizes Starkie was
sent into x-nal servitude for five year.-,
regretted by none of his fellow work
ers, for. owing to his insolent, overbear
ing manners, he had never len a fav-or-ite.
What thoughts filled the poorwretch's
mind as he heard his doom from the
judge's lips? Who can tell? Rut if I
am any reader of human character, the
bitterest Iang he suffered was in know
ing that the rival he hated had stepvt
into the place rendered vacant by his
arrest, and that Elsie Yenner wtuildere
long le that rival's w ife. Tit-Bits.
NEW YORK'S PEAR CROP.
A Haalneaa Woman.
The Duche-ss De Dino. who is an
American by birth, is a remarkably
Sbright business woman, personally sui
ervlsing her larpe estate herself. She
recently ordered a 13-story building to
"lie erected in New Ytvrk.and before com
pletion she has rented eight floor?, the
contract for the rental of the fourth
floor for a term of years hiving now
been corr pletefl for f .VI.imki. Sometime
ago the duchess purchased a valuable
business site for $3(M.0H0. and it was
t here she had Ihe alsive mentioned build
ing erected.
Staperylnar Flan.
The natives of the South Sea islands
use the wood of a tree tocatch fish. It
need: only to Ik put in the water and in
a short tin" the fish come to the surface
in a stu-fied condition, and An easily
be caught by lined.
Hndran Valley Tears Find a Market All
Over the World Value of the trap.
The Hudson valley of New York has
long been conceded to be the greatest
pear-produc"ng country in the world,
supplying almost entirely not only
New York. Boston and Philadelphia,
but many EurojH-an cities.
Iist year the Hudson valley pear
crop was unusually large, selling for
several million dollars Rally this
sprinp the outlook for a fair production
was very encouraging until the buds
liegan to oK-n, when the tenietocer
occllana" or "bud moth" and the "leaf
roller" liegan their destructive work,
destroying fully half the crop, eating
into the heart ef the bud.
Few jieople have an idea of thelaoor
ami -xieiise entailed in handling the
ear croj. Between New York and Al
bany immense numliers of people are
now employed picking and shipping
ea rs.
While the Hudson valley pears are not
so smooth and attractive as those of
California, they are more highly ap
preciated and are of superior flavor.
Generally the pears are sold to com
mission men before they axe ripe.
Canada last year took about one-half of
the states entire crop at f 2.50 per bar
rel. New York and Boston this year
pet two-thirds of the crop at three dol
lars ier barrel.
As soon aa the pears are picked they
are barreled and shipped, in New York
le-inp sold by the liarrel w ithout dump
ing. In Liverriool the sales are conduct
ed differently. Wing sold entirely at
auction and bringing five dollars per
liarrel.
Bart lefts do not stand transportation
very well, consequently very few of
them are shijqied abroad. Liverpool is
furnished with the Kieffer or more
hardy variety, but not equal in flavor to
the Rartlett. The ear industry in the
Hudson valley is in its infancy, not
withstanding that it produces a large
ercentage of the world" fruit for
there are thousands of ax-rea of youag
trees not yet liearing and many thou
sands more are leing planted annually.
At the present rapid rate of increase
in fruit growth and culture Hudson
country ieople predict that before
many y ears the Hudson valley will lie a
gigantic orchard, extending from one
end of the state to the other and capa
ble eif furnishing a bountiful supply
of fruit for the entire world. N. Y.
Herald.
BRAKE HANDLE BAROMETER. !
MoteraieB on
Trolley fare
W rmlbrr I'rophete.
"This rain is about over." said the
moiorman en tine of the open cars the
other afternoon.
"Are you a weather prophet?" wa
asked.
"I Khould think I am. as far aa dry or
wet weather is concerned. he replied.
"I con tell w bether we'll have rain with
in 24 hours or not.
"How am I abb to do it? Well, if
lik this: When it's going to rain the
brake-handle lieeomes sticky almost a
elay liefore. The luotornieui will first
notice it fully 20 hours, before the storm
arrives. You can just barely notice it
then, but the stickiness will increase
until it w ill be almost impossible to get
a decent grip without tearing the flesh,
on your hands. Now. on Friday night,
I began to feel that sticky business, and
I told a fellow w ho wtu on the seat be
hind me that it as going to rain. The
sky wait clear, and after he planced
around he said that I was iy off. I
said : I elon't say it's going tora-n right
away, but it will before this time to
morrow. and it did. Oh. there uo
going liack on the brake as a baroiue
ter." At this point in the rtiotorniin'i re
marks a paisengrr hoarded the car. The
front seat was alout filled, but that did
not matter. He wanted to tdk with the
rcotorman.
"Is the rain all over?" was the qu-ry.
"Pretty near," answereel the elec
tricity pusher.
"Well. I'm glad of that. Do you
know." continued the latest arrival.
"I place more confidence in a motor
man's prediction than I do in those
made by the weather signal man?"
Albany Argus.
eVovvautf.
riilwr